may be attributed in large measure, to the succes·s and good fortune that seemed to follow in the career of one of their number, Stephen Smith, who w'.as born in Paxtang, Dauphin county, Pa. On July 10, 1801, when but five years of age, he was indentured to General Boude, a Revolutionary patriot, w ho

Stephen Smith (1795-1873) whose meteoric career as a businessman epitomized for some Columbians the dangers of Black competition. Although the riots did not achieve their purpose, life was certainly difficult for Smith and others. A letter written by Smith to State Senator John Strohm just one year after

. Noteworthy both as a historical document of Bethel"s origins as well as a statement on local race relations in early 19th Century Lan- caster, that announcement deserves analysis:7 PEOPLE OF COLOUR At a meeting of about 50 Persons of Color, in and about Lancaster, at the house of James Clendening, on the

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

Legal Process. The Colonial Period (1978). Higgenbotham's study debunks some cherished myths about race relations in Colonial Pennsylvania. Instead of being the object of general benevolence, as is usually supposed, Blacks were not only hated and feared but vigorously suppressed by Colonial Pennsyl